Small centipede

Usage examples of earwig.

He divined he was approaching a coming together of God knew how many flues rising up from God knew how many fireplaces, for 10 the house he was crawling about in, like an earwig, was a real monster, big as Parliament, almost.

They are particularly effective on aphids, earwigs, leaf hoppers, sawflies, leaf miners, spider mites, thrips, scale and Whiteflies.

Chapter VI - UMQUILE THE MASTER OF LOVAT THERE was a man waiting us in Prestongrange's study, whom I distasted at the first look, as we distaste a ferret or an earwig.

I'm not ashamed to say that I earwigged the conversation and this is roughly what I heard, starting with Erskine-Brown saying how glad he was to find Miss Clapton alone.

Old Jerry Tawton earwigged me at Tatt’s last week, and he’s in general a safe man at the corner.

Apart from the expectant crowd, people were also darting in and out—carrying messages, making their own reports to lesser officials, or just earwigging in the hope of picking up something useful.

She was tempted to squeeze off the earwigs herself, or readjust their position so the scar would dimple and twist.

And you are not mistaken when you say that they have crawled out from under damp rocks — like centipedes and earwigs and worms.

I said, "when I see them become human beings, after having been for so many years, as you say, Sophie — centipedes and slugs and earwigs and worms.

Many earwigs feed on decaying plant matter and dead insects and thus improve the soil and add to its fertility.

This is a charming way to trap earwigs, as the pots look like little bells around the garden.

We recommend this because it takes care of the earwigs actually doing the damage.

And you are not mistaken when you say that they have crawled out from under damp rocks - like centipedes and earwigs and worms.

I said, "when I see them become human beings, after having been for so many years, as you say, Sophie - centipedes and slugs and earwigs and worms.

The spy was intrigued at their unglamoured feast: the horns of butterflies, the pith of rushes, emits' eggs and the beards of mice, bloated earwigs and red-capped worms, mandrakes' ears and stewed thigh of newt, washed down with pearls of dew cupped in magenta flowers.